Inti Indorayon Utama

Inti Indorayon Utama was an Indonesian pulp and paper company known for environmental controversies. It faced protests and legal issues in the 1990s and eventually ceased operations.

Industrial pulp producer serving paper manufacturing markets, with a corporate identity historically associated with the Inti Indorayon Utama mill in North Sumatra.

Product categories. Pulp · Paper · Wood pulp · Market pulp

• 2000Government gives conditional approval for a mill restartControversy

  After international arbitration concerns and domestic lobbying, the Indonesian cabinet allowed the mill to resume operations in May 2000, reportedly subject to ending dissolving-pulp production.

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• 2000Student killed during renewed demonstrationControversy

  A student was reported shot dead by police during a demonstration against the mill on 21 June 2000, amid a wider confrontation involving local communities and environmental groups.

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• 2000Company adopts the Toba Pulp Lestari nameControversy

  The company attempted to change its name from Inti Indorayon Utama to Toba Pulp Lestari, partly to reassure local communities that rayon or dissolving-pulp production had ended.

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• 2000Fatal protest shootingControversy

  A student was reported killed by police during a demonstration on 21 June 2000, amid continuing opposition to the mill's operation.

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• 1999Habibie administration temporarily halts the Inti Indorayon millControversy

  Following escalating community conflict and environmental allegations, President B. J. Habibie temporarily suspended the mill's operations on 19 March 1999 and called for an independent environmental assessment.

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• 1999Indorayon conflict produces deaths and hundreds of injuriesControversy

  Clashes involving local residents, employees, and security forces intensified after the end of the Suharto era. The cited account reports six deaths and hundreds of injuries during 1999.

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• 1999Environmental and land-use conflictControversy

  Residents and environmental groups accused the mill of pollution, deforestation, disputed land acquisition, and harmful effects on local water, air, and livelihoods. The allegations became the central issue in sustained demonstrations and legal actions.

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• 1999Violent clashes around the millControversy

  The post-Suharto conflict involved residents, employees, police, and security personnel. The cited account reports six deaths and hundreds of injuries in 1999, followed by continued violence into 2000.

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• 1998Indorayon 因环境问题关闭Controversy

  公司因环境污染和当地社区抗议而被迫关闭工厂。
• 1993Boiler explosion and alleged chlorine-gas releaseControversy

  The historical account reports that a boiler explosion released toxic chlorine gas, adding to concerns about industrial safety and environmental harm.

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1. 政府有条件批准工厂重启